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The Watermen was the sixteenth and final episode of the first series of the Hanna-Barbera's Super Friends series which launched the popular Super Friends franchise.
It featured the final appearances Marvin White, Wendy Harris and Wonder Dog in the animated series, although they still appeared later on in both the Superfriends comic series and in one episode of The New Adventures of the Wonder Twins.
The episode was fairly educational, as it dealt with the topic of marine biology and ecology. The antagonists of the episode, who weren't really villains, were the Water Men, an alien race from another planet. There's some noteworthy scenes in this episode, like the underwater chase scene with Aquaman chasing Holo.
This episode seemed to have a number of animation glitches, with many scenes seeming to be animated or storyboarded poorly. But as it was with many episodes from the first season, it certainly wasn't a highlight in the Superfriends franchise, but it was the final episode before the four year long hiatus prior to season 2.
Synopsis[]
The Super Friends close their first series by responding to ocean calamities when a mysterious red tide appears in the ocean that upsets the ecological balance of the sea. It is the work of Holo and Zara, a pair of water people from another planet who are trying to gather enough silicon to get their mother ship, inhabited by the rest of their people, home. The Super Friends are aided by Professor Matey and his submarine which is used as their base.
Plot Summary[]
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Cast[]
Locations[]
- Gotham City
- Hollywood, Los Angeles California
- Water Planet, located somewhere in the Sagittarius constellation
Vehicles[]
- Batmobile
- Wonder Woman’s Invisible Jet
- Water People Space Craft
- Water People Sea Craft
- Water Men Mother Spaceship
- Professor Matey’s Research Submarine
Items[]
- Emergency Alarm in the Hall of Justice
- TroubAlert in the Hall of Justice (mentioned)
- SDI screen in the Hall of Justice
Episode Title[]
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Continuity[]
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Continuity in Other Media[]
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Notes[]
- When Batman was telling Superman, Professor Matey, Aquaman and Wonder Woman that the spaceship was somewhere in the lake, it was Norman Alden that provided his voice for that line, rather than Olan Soule, who was his normal voice.
- References: lumberjack, river delta, red tide, lake, oceanography, migration, ecology, motorboat, spaceship, mining, algae, algae forest, ocean current, morning, throttle, starfish, coral reef, parrotfish, Hollywood wind machine, propeller, algae forest, drumfish, cod, famine, nutrient, scallop, jet, mackerel, snapper, Happy Horse, sound stage, intuition, commander, skipping, nourishment, coast, shoreline, shellfish, Southeastern Coast, camera, Coastal City Television Studio, Coastal City Wrecking Site, Wonder Net, family, flippers, submarine, crevice, missile, pressure gun, tarpon, waterway, waterfall, stream, lagoon, legs, invisibility, land, wheels, mechanical legs, hot sunlight, Batmobile, hill, bird's eye view, light, fricassee chicken, trash can, Female Water Planet Inhabitant, water polo, applause and howling.
Quotes[]
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